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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Implementing a social-ecological systems framework for conservation monitoring: lessons from a multi-country coral reef program
Biological Conservation, Volume 240, Article 108298, Year 2019
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Multi-scale social-ecological systems (SES) approaches to conservation and commons management are needed to address the complex challenges of the Anthropocene. Although SES approaches to monitoring and evaluation are advocated in global science and policy arenas, real-world applications remain scarce. Here, we describe the first operationalization and implementation of Ostrom's influential SES framework for monitoring practice across multiple countries. Designed to inform management aimed at sustaining coral reefs and the people that depend on them, we developed our SES monitoring framework through a transdisciplinary process involving academics and practitioners with expertise in social and ecological sciences. We describe the SES monitroing framework, including how it operationalizes key insights from the SES and program evaluation literatures, and demonstrate how insights from its implementation in more than 85 communities in four countries (Fiji, Indonesia, Kenya and Madagascar) are informing decision-making at multiple levels. Responding to repeated calls for guidance on applying SES approaches to monitoring and management practice, we outline the key steps of the transdisciplinary development of the framework and lessons learnt. Therefore, our work contributes to bridging the gap between SES science and commons management practice through not only providing an SES monitoring framework that can be readily applied to coral reefs and other commons, but also through demonstrating how to operationalize SES approaches for real-world monitoring and management practice. © 2019 Elsevier Ltd
Authors & Co-Authors
Gurney, Georgina G.
Australia, Townsville
Arc Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies
Darling, Emily S.
United States, New York
Wildlife Conservation Society
Canada, Toronto
University of Toronto
Jupiter, Stacy D.
Fiji, Suva
Wildlife Conservation Society
Mangubhai, Sangeeta
Fiji, Suva
Wildlife Conservation Society
McClanahan, Tim R.
United States, New York
Wildlife Conservation Society
Pardede, Shinta Trilestari
Indonesia, Bogor
Wildlife Conservation Society, Bogor
Campbell, Stuart J.
United States, New York
Wildlife Conservation Society
Indonesia, Bogor
Rare Indonesia
Fox, Margaret
Fiji, Suva
Wildlife Conservation Society
Muthiga, Nyawira A.
United States, New York
Wildlife Conservation Society
D'agata, Stéphanie
United States, New York
Wildlife Conservation Society
Australia, Sydney
Macquarie University
Statistics
Citations: 42
Authors: 10
Affiliations: 7
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.biocon.2019.108298
ISSN:
00063207
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Study Locations
Multi-countries
Kenya
Madagascar